Quote Originally Posted by Vindec View Post
And there lies the problem - people voting for a political party because of their roots. That is why Labour will always get in in many Welsh constituencies and why the posh people of Henley always vote Conservative. In my opinion people should vote for a Party that they consider is best for the country at any given time and not blindly vote for one Party because that is what they and their families have always done.
I'd argue that because we didn't change the voting system when we had the opportunity this style of voting continue, Westminster doesn't necessarily reflect what people feel day to day and it lead to many people wanting a massive change, any change. Long before David Cameron started a referendum he would not make plans for for in order to quell some of his more vocal backbenchers, Labour and Tories campaigned against change because they thought it would put their position as 1 and 2 in UK under greater risk.

Ken Clarke wouldn't satisfy the current Conservative Party.